4. A joint venture agreement between Indian Railways and French company Astom
was recently signed for supply of 800 high horsepower locomotives manufactured
in India and to set up electric locomotive factory at Madhapura in the Indian
state of–
(A) Jharkhand (B) Odisha (C) Chattisgarh (D) Madhya Pradesh (E) Bihar
(Ans : E)

10. The country's first Braille-embedded express train has recently (January,
2016) been introduced. It will run once in two weeks between the stations–
(A) Mumbai and Ahmedabad (B) Badodara and Allahabad (C) Kolkata and Jaipur
(D) Varanasi and Mysuru (E) Mumbai and Pune
(Ans : D)

14. 'Rajamani' who recently (February, 2016) died in Chennai at the age of 60
years was a–
(A) well known journalist (B) well known music composer (C) famous architect
(D) former minister and freedom fighter (E) veteran photographer
(Ans : B)

17. With a view to suggest measures to help the members of 'Central Board of
Film Certification (CBFC), to understand the nuances of film certification, the
Government of India has set up a panel (to revamp censor board) headed by
film-maker–
(A) Actor Gopalakrishnan (B) Amol Palekar (C) Amitabh Bachchan (D) Shyam Benegal
(E) Prakash Jha
(Ans : D)

18. With a view to facilitate Japanese Corporates looking to invest in India,
State Bank of India has recently launched a first-of-its-kind initiative by
setting up a 'Japanese Desk'. This 'SBI Japan Desk' is based in–
(A) Tokyo (B) New Delhi (C) Kolkata (D) Yokohama (E) Mumbai
(Ans : B)

19. American multinational technology company Apple Inc. headquartered in
California has recently (February, 2016) announced that it plans to set up its
first technology development centre outside the U.S. in India's–
(A) Hyderabad, Telangana (B) Kochi, Kerala (C) Bengaluru, Karnataka
(D) Pune, Maharashtra (E) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
(Ans : A)

21. In order to raise awareness of its many benefits the UN Food and
Agricultural Organisation (FAa) has announced the year 2016 as the
'international year of –
(A) Pulses (B) Potato (C) Peanuts (D) Purple Rice (E) Pepper
(Ans : A)

22. Every year 25th April is observed allover the world as the–
(A) World Radio Day (B) World Diabetes Day (C) World Malaria Day
(D) World Health Day (E) World Haemophilia Day
(Ans : C)

30. As per the 2015 revision of the UN World Population Projections, the World
population in 2030 is projected to be.
(A) 7.9 billion (B) 9.5 billion (C) 9.1 billion (D) 8.5 billion (E) 9.9 billion
(Ans : D)